Chippernut DIY Automotive

Introducing the ChipperKit

8/21/2018

We're excited to announce a new product that will create opportunities to develop new ideas and inventions; the ChipperKit development pack. Now, you might be thinking, "Oh great, another Arduino Nano development board." Well, you're right. Except this one comes with something no other development board has; a perfectly fitted, water-resistant enclosure and a whopping 1.5A (5V) integrated power supply. You'll have plenty of space and power to make basically anything. This kit also features a neatly labeled circuit board, expansion holes, power regulation, and circuit protection. The prototyping holes (with 0.1in, 2.54mm spacing) are not all directly connected to the Arduino pins - meaning you can place components in any physical configuration.

You can add buttons, encoders, sensors, displays, batteries, and more. The kit also comes with 25 proto-wires to get you started. We were able to put the Chippernut Shift Light circuitry on the development board with push-buttons as an example (see pictures above). The ChipperKit is immediately available for purchase in the store. Check it out!

ChipperKit Arduino Nano Development Kit with Enclosure

$19.99 - $29.99

Choose your own adventure! This Arduino Nano development kit comes with a Nano, custom Chippernut protoboard, headers, wires, standoffs, and a water-resistant enclosure. The perfect kit for developing any number of projects with a nice enclosure to keep everything neat-and-tidy. The Power Pack comes with an additional Buck Regulator, Diode, and Capacitor for a clean 5V @ 1.5A of power for the most demanding applications.

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Chippernut goes Prime

6/12/2018

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Chippernut has officially started it's amazon seller profile. We hope to add all our items to the Amazon ecosystem, available for Prime shipping, in the coming months. Check out our first product on Amazon today! The StarChip16 APA102 LED bar.

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1000+ YouTube Subscribers

5/31/2018

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Thanks to everyone for helping us reach 1000 subscribers on YouTube! That's pretty cool!

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Introducing StarChip16 Ultra High Density LEDs

5/23/2018

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StarChip16 Ultra High Density APA102 2020 LED Bar

$14.99

Teeny, Tiny, LEDs! These grain-of-sand sized LEDs are the APA102-2020 LED from APA Electronics. Measuring at only 2mm x 2mm each, we crammed 16 of them together to form this ultra-high-density LED bar that's only 1.5 wide and 3/8" thick.

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These.
Are.
Freaking.
Cool.

We're excited to announce the first addition to the StarChip family of LED products: The StarChip16. This teeny, tiny rigid LED bar is just over 1-1/2" inches long and crams 16 LEDs along that length.

They are modular, too! So you can tile multiple of them together to make any length you require.

Fully compatible with the Chippernut Shift light and other Arduino projects. They come with a 4-pin header and VHB tape for mounting.

Check them out!!

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Awesome install in a Mustang

5/10/2018

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Amazing work by Speed of Sound, LLC. Check them out on Facebook and Instagram. They have some really awesome custom-fab stuff! Thanks for sharing!

The Mustang crowd doesn't see this every day. Matter of fact, they've never seen it. Always fun trying new tech, new processes, and new techniques.

A post shared by Alan Lindgren (@speedofsoundllc) on Feb 8, 2018 at 8:50pm PST

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15% OFF POWERSHIFT SALE

4/11/2018

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Get into gear for the 2018 season with a sale on all Chippernut products and accessories! This deal is for a limited time only. Sale expires on May 15th, 2018. Enter the coupon code during the checkout process

COUPON CODE:
POWERSHIFT

Sale expires 05/15/2018 - May 15th, 2018 - Does not apply to previous orders or purchases.

Assembled Shift Light v3.1

$169.99 - $184.99

An assembled, open-source, sequential shift light with hundreds of colors, 4 animations, fast operation, serial output, and OLED display.

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DIY Shift Light Kit (Unassembled) v3.1

$84.99 - $99.99

An unassembled, open-source, sequential shift light with hundreds of colors, 4 animations, fast operation, serial output, and OLED display.

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ChipperKit Arduino Nano Development Kit with Enclosure

$19.99 - $29.99

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12" LED Extension Cable 4pin JST

$1.50

Here we have a 12" (1 foot, 30cm) extension cable for the Chippernut LED strips. This 4-pin JST style connector makes it easy to remote mount your LED strip any distance away from the shift light controller. Chain multiple together for longer distances.

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New 1-Minute Video of Shift Light

3/26/2018

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I've been meaning to do this for a while: It's a short, fast-paced, 1-minute overview video of the primary features of the Chippernut Shift Light.

YouTube Videos featured
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdYh19ZW_Eo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0jbQpND3PA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNcnMWLXaT0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzVd5WT2xg0&t=110s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHLVCtCO7UI

Music Credit:
"Apex" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Whoa.

3/20/2018

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Just saw this in the forums. Nicely done!! The whole video is worth a watch. Quite a clever implementation.

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New Product - LED Extension Cables

3/13/2018

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12" LED Extension Cable 4pin JST

$1.50

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Hi Everyone,

Still here - I know I don't post very often. I'm trying to carve out time for blog posts, social media, marketing, and posting new items for sale. Here we have one such item that's been sitting on my desk for a few months.

These 12" 4-Pin connectors make it easy to extend your shift light LEDs. No more cutting and extending the wires manually! You can daisy-chain these together to mount your LED strip further away from your shift light controller.

That's all for now. I'm still working on a promotional video for the shift light. Hopefully that can go out soon and I'll send out an email to everyone.

Stay tuned!
- jon

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Tech Pages, Forum Woes. Oh, and Holiday Lights!

12/5/2017

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Hi Everyone! I updated the Tech Pages for legacy shift lights and the RPM simulator. Check it out! Let me know if I missed anything.

You may have noticed the forums are only available via external link. Yeah... The saga continues. After more than a year of waiting for tech support from Tal.ki to fix this junk, the forums continue to be a sore point for me. To make matters worse, I can no longer log into my admin account. This means I can't create new threads, respond as Chippernut, or answer member questions (or get notifications apparently). I'm really over it.

A recent poll I posted in this blog has shown the overwhelming majority of poll-respondents do find the forums valuable. My website visitor statistics corroborate these results. The forums continue to see the largest "views" among all other pages. That being said, I'm actively looking for a new forum provider. Unfortunately, this means it's quite likely the majority of the data in the forums may be lost. :-( Not cool. I'll continue to work on this and keep you updated. I'll do my best to retain the data, but I wont' make any promises.

In other news, I found myself in the market for a new tree topper. The antiquated, hand-me-down, incandescent fraken-topper warmly glowed for the last time this season. I picked up a replacement on eBay (Capiz Snowflake Twisted Wire) that I thought looked classy and robust (it'd better last 15 years like it's predecessor). Upon receiving it, well, I couldn't leave well-enough alone. Caution: Copious amounts of hot glue.

I was quite impressed with the construction of the topper. The decorative front resembled a stained glass window (but with plastic). The soldered metal frame was fastened to a sub-frame with 3 bolts. This sub-frame held a set of incandescent light bulbs and winds into a coil for tree attachment. I managed to strap 60 WS2812B LEDs to the sub-frame and a Nano. Powered off a 3A 5V cell-phone charger, the entire setup took mere minutes to wire-up. I loaded a modified version of my under-cabinet lighting "Mood Lamp" code. Overall, for about 2 hours of modification, I'm quite happy with it. I'm already thinking about different modes, brightness levels, etc. but I'll probably wait until next year before I try something new.

Stay Tuned!
- jon

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Introducing the ChipperKit

ChipperKit Arduino Nano Development Kit with Enclosure

Chippernut goes Prime

1000+ YouTube Subscribers

Introducing StarChip16 Ultra High Density LEDs

StarChip16 Ultra High Density APA102 2020 LED Bar

Awesome install in a Mustang

15% OFF POWERSHIFT SALE

Assembled Shift Light v3.1

DIY Shift Light Kit (Unassembled) v3.1

ChipperKit Arduino Nano Development Kit with Enclosure

12" LED Extension Cable 4pin JST

New 1-Minute Video of Shift Light

Whoa.

New Product - LED Extension Cables

12" LED Extension Cable 4pin JST

Tech Pages, Forum Woes. Oh, and Holiday Lights!

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